This is an extremely thorough, full 2-week unit for the short story/memoir “The Jacket” by Gary Soto. These resources are focused around Common Core Standards for Grade 6, but they are absolutely still relevant for all middle grades students who are studying this story or historical fiction in general.
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What is the jacket by Gary Soto about?
“The Jacket” is about the narrator’s life as a fifth- and sixth-grader, a time when he didn’t quite fit in and was growing out of his clothes fast. Soto’s family is of Mexican heritage, and he grew up in California. Soto often draws upon experiences from his youth in his writing.
What is the theme of the passage the jacket?
What is the theme, or moral lesson, of “The Jacket”? The way you dress influences how you feel about yourself. Everyone has had a bad fashion day. Mothers should be more considerate of their children’s feelings when dressing them.
Who wrote the jacket short story?
Many people, especially teens, tend to be unappreciative of what they have and choose to only think about themselves. One does not think about others but only about what they have and how they look, even if they are very fortunate for what they do have.
What is a metaphor in the story the jacket?
metaphor. “I touched the vinyl sleeve, the collar, and peeked at the mustard-colored lining.” metaphor. “I stared at the jacket, like an enemy, thinking bad things before I took off my old jacket.” simile.
What does the jacket symbolize?
The jacket is used as a symbol to portray poverty, the narrator’s insecurity, and the narrator’s form of self-destruction. Since the story uses a certain object, the Jacket, as the meaning of several issues, it primarily focuses on the narrator’s poverty-stricken family.
What is the main conflict in the jacket?
In the short story “It’s that it hurts” by Tomas Rivera, a boy gets expelled for fighting at school. The “It” that hurts is the boy’s lack of pride. The boy’s pride was splintered by having to be nude in the sight of a complete stranger.
Why doesn’t the narrator tell his mother that he does not like the jacket?
he compared it to an ugly brother because it was a part of him and he can’t get rid of it. this tells the reader that he feels connected to the jacket but in a bad way. he wants us to know that his jacket is oppressing him.
What kind of jacket does the narrator want?
What kind of jacket did the narrator want? He wanted one like the kind that bikers wear. How does the narrator describe the color of the jacket?
Why is the scholarship jacket so important to Martha?
The Scholarship Jacket was important to Martha because she worked hard to achieve it. When Martha asks her Grandfather for $15 for the jacket, he declines her request. Martha’s teachers should have had the argument where nobody could hear them.
Who is the main character in the jacket?
When Phil spies Daniel, an African-American schoolmate, wearing a jacket identical to one that his mother bought him in Italy (and that Phil had passed down to his younger brother), he assumes that Daniel has stolen the coat.
How does the new jacket compare to the one that the narrator wanted?
How does the new jacket compare to the one that the narrator wanted? The new jacket is too small, unlike the baggy leather jacket that he wanted. The new jacket is covered in ugly studs, unlike the plain leather jacket he wanted.
What figurative language is used in the jacket by Gary Soto?
Soto’s clever use of personification, metaphors, and similes clearly illustrates the message that the way you dress influences how you feel about yourself. To emphasize, Gary Soto uses descriptive language to reveal his secret insecurity about his jacket.
What does the jacket represent in on the sidewalk bleeding?
The author showed a few symbols in the story, but the main one is Andy’s jacket. The jacket is the main symbol because without it there would be no story.… show more content… We don’t really know who said it/did it but we can infer that is was a guardian, Andy was stabbed in the alley for being a royal.
What does the jacket in the alchemist symbolize?
He will face thing’s on his journey that will help and some that hurt him. The jacket is considered a symbol for the hero’s journey.
What does the jacket symbolize at the beginning and at the end of on the sidewalk bleeding?
Lesson Summary
”On the Sidewalk Bleeding” focuses on Andy, as he lays on the sidewalk bleeding out after being stabbed by a rival gang member simply for wearing his Royal jacket, which symbolized his place in the Royal gang.
How does Gary transform or evolve over the course of the text?
How does Gary transform, or evolve, over the course of the text? He goes from being friendless and lonely to popular. He goes from being a loser to being stylish.
How did Gary Soto feel about the jacket?
Everybody saw me. Although they didn’t say out loud, “Man, that’s ugly,” I heard the buzz-buzz of gossip and even laughter, that I knew it was meant for me. And so I went, in my guacamole-colored jacket. So embarrassed, so hurt, I couldn’t even do my homework.
What does the scholarship jacket symbolize?
The jacket represents determination and hard work and it also represents people getting what they deserve no matter their class religion race etc. There are several moods in the story.
Why does Martha’s grandfather refuse to pay for the jacket?
(c) Martha’s grandfather refused to pay the fifteen dollars for the scholarship jacket because. Answer: it was unfair to ask money for the scholarship jacket on ehad earned.
What is the climax of the story the scholarship jacket?
Inciting Incident: Teachers were discriminating against Marta, and debating giving the Scholarship Jacket to a white girl with a powerful father, even though Marta earned it. Climax: Marta tells principal she won’t pay for the jacket because of what her grandfather said.